IV In a special sense of a married woman: the state or
condition of having left her husband or being put away by
him; a law-term. Concluded from the foll. passages:
lécid in fear a cétmuindtir...┐ dogní neach mac fria iarum
┐ dobeir sim aitherrach ní dlegar iarrad disi. intan bís for
deabaid is ann toirchither frisin fear, &c.
, if the husband
puts his wife away and somebody gets a child with her
and the husband takes her back again, then she is not
entitled to the fosterage-fee. It is while she is at `debaid'
(at variance with her husband and away from him) that
she is got with childLaws v 200. 17
. Gormlaith ingen
Ḟlaind tanic ar debaid ó Cherball do thig a athar i cinta
ind imdergtha tuc Cerball di
LL 52 b 1
;
ib. 13
(of Gorm-
ḟlaith who returns to her father after being badly treated by
Cerball her husband). This sense arose from I (controversy
as a cause of separation). A similar usage
FDG 32
:
codlais Domnall...atchí fís ┐ aislingthi ┐ ised atchon-
nairc .i. cuilén con rohailed lais fora glún fésin a dul for
debaid uada (the hound gathers the dogs of Ireland and
gives battle to Domnall). for d.¤
, which refers to the rela-
tions between Domn. and his dog, was misunderstood
by the copyists and replaced by `for duible ┐ dásacht'
(adopted by O'D.). Cf. also
LU 21 a 4
(
IT ii 212. 1
f.b.
):
mád nech dít muintir noragad for debuid noanfad limsa co
róisced a síd.